In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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